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IPL 2024 RR vs RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL 2024 journey ended with a loss to Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator match. With this defeat, RCB’s dream of winning the title once again remained unfulfilled. Bengaluru made the biggest comeback in IPL history and made it to the IPL playoffs, but lost in the very first knockout match. R Ashwin’s two balls wrote the story of RCB’s defeat. Ashwin was also awarded the Player of the Match for his achievement. Let us tell you that by winning this match by 4 wickets, RR have made their place in Qualifier-2, where they will face Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Batting first after losing the toss, Faf du Plessis (17) and Virat Kohli (33) gave Royal Challengers Bangalore a steady start. When these two batsmen got out, trouble clouded over RCB. However, after this Cameron Green (27) and Rajat Patidar (34) took charge of the team and kept the scoreboard busy.
As long as these two batsmen were at the crease, it looked like RCB would be able to reach the score of 200, but then there was a twist in the story. Ashwin came in with the last over of his spell and in the process bowled two magical balls that tilted the match in RR’s favor in an instant. The story of RCB’s defeat was written with these two balls.
The incident took place in the 13th over of the innings. Ashwin, who bowled economically in the first three overs, spent only 17 runs, but did not get a single wicket in the process. Samson knew that Patidar and Green could not read Ashwin, so he decided to give the Indian spinner his fourth consecutive over.
Ashwin remained true to Samson’s decision. Ashwin trapped Cameron Green on the third ball of the over, while on the second ball he trapped Glenn Maxwell, also known as Bigshaw. This season, Maxwell’s bat has not performed in the style he is known for, but he could spell trouble for Rajasthan Royals in the knockout matches. Maxwell’s wicket in such conditions was a big moment for RR.
An over later, Rajat Patidar also returned to the pavilion and somehow RCB managed to take the score to 172. Rajasthan Royals achieved this score in 19 overs and showed RCB the way out of the tournament.
Up to R Ashwin